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CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS Adopted 1836 - Amended 2003

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

Adopted 1836 - Amended 2003

PREAMBLE:

Part A. We, the
People of Texas, in order to form a Government, establish justice, ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense and general welfare; and
to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves, and our posterity, do ordain
and establish this Constitution.

Part B. By the
grace, beneficence, and most humble petition of The Almighty Creator, We, the
Sovereign living souls who domicile on Texas Soil, hereinafter "Texian
People," do now reclaim and demand Our Land in the Wilderness known as the
Republic of Texas; and herewith give notice to all nations, that We, the Texian
People, now resume the establishment of Our Republic, and its government, by
Divine Covenant in accordance with the Natural Law commanded by The Creator of
Heaven and Earth, in order that we may receive His blessings on Our Land and
restoration of Our Republic. By this
Act, We, the Texian People, renounce and abolish the unlawful military rule
which has existed over Our Soil since 1865.

ARTICLE ONE.

SECTION 1. The powers of this Government shall be
divided into three departments, viz: Representative, Executive and Judicial,
which shall remain forever separate and distinct.

SEC. 2. The Representative power shall be vested in a
national delegation, to be styled the General Assembly of the Republic of
Texas.

SEC. 3. Representatives shall be chosen biannually, on
the first Monday of September every other year, until the General Assembly
shall otherwise determine, and shall hold their offices two years from the date
of their election.

SEC. 4. No Texian shall be eligible to a seat in the
General Assembly until he shall have attained the age of twenty-five years,
shall have been a native Citizen of the Republic or a Texian National, as defined in the General
Provisions SEC. 4 of this reactivated Constitution as amended, for at least tenyears and shall have domiciled in the county six
months next preceding his election.

SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall consist of no fewer
than 30, nor more than one member from each present and future county, and each
county shall be entitled to one Representative and one Alternate. All elected representatives, or their
Alternates shall be required to participate in each session of the General
Assembly. Counties without representation
shall not have voice or vote in the proceedings.

SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall choose their
Speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

SEC. 7. At the first
session of the General Assembly after the reactivation of this Constitution as
amended, the Representatives shall be divided by lot into two Groups, as nearly
equal as practicable; the seats of the Representatives of the first group shall
be vacated at the end of the first year; of the second group, at the end of the
second year, in such a manner that one half shall be chosen each year
thereafter.

SEC. 8. The Vice President of the Republic shall be
Chairman of the General Assembly, but shall not vote on any question, unless
the Assembly be equally divided. During
national elections, the Speaker shall preside over the General Assembly.

SEC. 9. The General Assembly shall choose all other
officers of their body, and a Chairman pro tempore, in the
absence of the Vice President, or whenever he shall exercise the office of
President; shall have the sole power to try impeachments, and when sitting as a
court of impeachment, shall be under oath or asseveration; but no conviction
shall take place without the concurrence of two thirds of all the members
present.

SEC. 10. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall only
extend to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of
honor, trust or profit under this Government; but the party shall nevertheless
be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to natural
law.

SEC. 11. Two thirds of the General Assembly shall
constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members.

SEC. 12. The General Assembly may determine the rules
of its own proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with
the concurrence of two thirds, may expel a member for the session, but not a
second time for the same offence.

SEC. 13. Representatives shall receive a compensation
for their services, to be fixed by resolution, but no increase of compensation,
or diminution, shall take effect during the term in which such increase or
diminution shall have been made. They shall, except in case of treason, felony,
or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the
Assembly, and in going to and returning from same; and for any speech or debate
they shall not be questioned in any other place.

SEC. 14. The General Assembly may punish, by ejection,
during the session, any Texian not a member, who shall be guilty of any
disrespect to the Assembly, by any disorderly conduct in their presence. The party ejected shall nevertheless be
liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment but only according to
Natural Law.

SEC. 15. The General Assembly shall keep a journal of
its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as in its judgment, by
a two thirds concurrent vote of those seated, require secrecy. When any three
members shall desire the ayes and nays on any question, they shall be entered
on the journals.

SEC. 16. The General Assembly, shall not adjourn for
more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the Assembly
may be sitting.

SEC. 17. When vacancies happen in the General
Assembly, the Executive shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

SEC. 18. No resolution shall be adopted until it shall
have been read on three several days, and passed by the same, unless, in cases
of emergency, two thirds of the members of the Assembly shall deem it expedient
to dispense with the rule.

SEC. 19. After a resolution shall have been rejected,
no resolution containing the same substance shall be adopted during the same
session.

SEC. 20. The style of the resolutions of the General
Assembly shall be, "Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Republic
of Texas, in session assembled..."
All resolutions of the General Assembly shall be binding upon the
national government and all of its departments and offices.

SEC. 21. No Texian holding an office of profit under
the Government shall be eligible to a seat in the General Assembly, nor shall
any member of the General Assembly be eligible to any office which may be created,
or the profits of which shall be increased during his term of service.

SEC. 22. No holder of public monies or collector
thereof, shall be eligible to a seat in the General Assembly, until he shall
have fully acquitted himself of all responsibility, and shall produce the
proper officer’s receipt thereof. Members of the General Assembly may protest
against any act or resolution, and may have such protest entered on the
journals.

SEC. 23. No money shall be drawn from the public
treasury but in strict accordance with appropriations made by resolution; and
no appropriations shall be made for private or local purposes.

SEC. 24. Every act of the General Assembly shall be
approved and signed by the President before it becomes binding; but if the
President will not approve and sign such act, he shall return it to the General
Assembly, with his reasons for not approving the same, which shall be spread
upon the journals of the General Assembly, and the bill shall then be
reconsidered, and shall not become binding unless it shall then pass by a vote
of two thirds of the General Assembly. If any act shall be disapproved by the
President, the vote on the reconsideration shall be recorded by ayes and
nays. If the President shall fail to
return a bill within five days (weekends excepted) after it shall have been
presented for his approval and signature, the same shall become adopted, unless
the General Assembly prevent its return within the time above specified by
adjournment.

SEC. 25. All bills, acts, orders, or resolutions, to
which the concurrence of the General Assembly may be necessary, (motions or
resolutions for adjournment excepted,) shall be approved and signed by the
President, or being disapproved, shall be passed by two thirds of the Assembly,
in manner and form as specified in section twenty-four.

ARTICLE TWO.

SEC. 1. The General Assembly shall have power to levy
and collect import and export taxes and imposts, excise and tonnage duties; to
pay the debts and to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the
Republic; neither the General Assembly nor any department of local or national
government including the Executive and the Judicial, shall have any power to
levy and collect any non-corporate business or personal income tax on profits
or gain, wages, remuneration, salaries or compensation for labor, nor shall any
power be given the same to levy or collect, except as may be otherwise
authorized in this reactivated Constitution as amended,any direct tax, nor any property
or land taxes; from any Texian National/Sovereign Citizen of the Republic of
Texas. This provision shall not be
construed to affect any provision of General Provisions SEC. 4 and Schedule
SEC. 7, authorizing the Silver Half Ounce levies for the citizenship and
election processes, respectively, in the Republic of Texas;

SEC. 2. To regulate commerce, to coin money of
intrinsic value, to regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, to fix the
standard of weights and measures, but nothing but gold and silver shall be made
a lawful tender;

SEC. 3. To establish post offices and post roads, to
grant licenses to foreign corporations and tax them, grant patents and
copyrights, and secure to the authors and inventors the exclusive use thereof
for a specified time;

SEC. 4. To declare war, grant letters of marque and
reprisal, and to regulate captures;

SEC. 5. To provide and maintain a navy, and to make
all rules and regulations necessary for the operation of all defense forces;

SEC. 6. To call out the militia to execute the Common (Natural) Law, to
suppress insurrections, and repel invasion;

SEC. 7. To make all regulations which shall be deemed
necessary and proper to carry into effect the foregoing express grants of
power, and all other powers vested in the Government of the Republic, or in any
officer or department thereof.

SEC. 8. The General Assembly shall have power to
establish a Public Outreach Program during the interim phase of establishment
of the government of the Republic of Texas,
consisting of the following elements, and the provisions of this section
shall remain in full force until declared void, repealed, altered, or expire by
their own limitations:

1.
County Coordinators

2.
Website

3.
Printed Information

4.
Audio Information

5.
Video Information

6.
Shortwave Broadcast

7.
FM Broadcast

8.
Televised Broadcast

This
Outreach Program shall be carried out under the direction of the President,
pursuant to the Transitional Plan and the Plans & Powers previously
adopted. Said Transitional Plan shall
continue to be implemented by the General Council of the Provisional
Government, until the requisite number of Representatives of the General
Assembly (as defined at Article One, SEC. 5 of this Constitution) determine
that the General Council has accomplished or exceeded its mandate on behalf of
the People of the Republic of Texas in accordance with the general expiration
provision at Schedule SEC. 1 of this amended and reactivated Constitution.

The General Assembly shall have power to make all
resolutions which shall be deemed necessary and proper to carry into effect the
foregoing express grants of power, and all other powers vested in the
government of the Republic, or in any officer or department thereof.

ARTICLE THREE.

SEC. 1. The Executive authority of this Government
shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled The President of the
Republic of Texas.

SEC. 2. The President elected by the People shall hold
his office for the term of two years, and shall be ineligible during the next
succeeding term, unless two thirds of the General Assembly resolve to dispense
with this rule; and in the event of a tie, the General Assembly shall determine
between the two highest candidates by viva voce vote.

SEC. 3. The returns of the elections for President and
Vice President shall be sealed up and transmitted to the Speaker of the General
Assembly, by the holders of elections of each county; and the Speaker of the
General Assembly shall open and publish the returns, in presence of a quorum of
the General Assembly.

SEC. 4. There shall be national and local expressions
of a republican form of government.

a. The General Assembly shall determine the nature and
number of departments required to be created and established in the National
Executive, and the Executive shall implement such departments and oversee their
operations on a daily basis.

b. The local governments shall consist of county and(or) town
councils and shall establish the departments necessary for each locality. These, however, shall include at least a
County Sheriff, at least one People's Court, a postal outlet, and such other
departments and offices as may be required by the People of each county.

c. Officials shall be elected by petition.

ARTICLE FOUR.

SEC. 1. The Judicial powers of the National Government
shall be vested in one Supreme Court, made up of seven Justices, and such
inferior courts as the General Assembly may, from time to time, ordain and
establish. No Texian shall be eligible to any office of Supreme Court or any
inferior court Justice who shall not have attained the age of forty years; and
he or she must be a Citizen of the Republic as defined in the General Provisions SEC. 4
of this document, and an inhabitant of this Republic at least ten years
immediately preceding his selection. The
eligible Justices of the supreme and inferior courts shall be chosen by lot
from among the current justices of the Peoples County Courts, and shall hold their
offices for four years, be eligible to serve again, and shall, at stated
periods, receive for their services a compensation, not to be increased or
diminished during the period for which they were chosen.

SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall rule in all admiralty
and maritime cases, and in all cases affecting foreign ambassadors, public
ministers, or consuls.

SEC. 3. The style of all processes in Admiralty and
Maritime cases shall be, "The Republic of Texas;" and all such
prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the same,
and conclude, "Against the peace and dignity of the Republic."

SEC. 4. The Supreme Court shall consist of a chief
justice and six associate justices.

SEC. 5. The Supreme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction, to judge only due process of the county courts, inferior courts,
courts martial and other tribunals, which shall be conclusive, within the
limits of the Republic; and shall hold its sessions annually at such times and
places as may be fixed by the General Assembly; provided that no Supreme Court
justice shall sit in a case which was presided by him in his respective county
court.

SEC. 6. The Counties of the Republic of Texas shall
establish their own People's Courts, assisted in this by the Executive. There shall be elected for each county, at
least one justice, who shall reside in the same, and hold the courts at such
times and places as the People of their respective counties may determine. The Justices, by virtue of their offices,
shall be conservators of the peace, throughout the Republic.

SEC. 7. There shall be a Counselor General appointed
by each county, whose duties, salaries, prerequisites, and terms of service
shall be fixed by the local county governments.

SEC. 8. The clerks of the county courts shall be
elected by the qualified voters for members of the General Assembly in the
counties where the courts are established, and shall hold their offices for
four years, subject to removal by presentment of a grand jury indictment, and
conviction of a petit jury.

SEC. 9. There shall be appointed, for each county, a
convenient number of justices of the peace, one sheriff, and one coroner, who
shall hold their offices for two years, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the county. Each sheriff shall
appoint a convenient number of deputies to assist him in the execution of his
duties and responsibilities.

SEC. 10. In all cases brought before the People's
Courts, the natural (common) law shall be the rule of decision.

ARTICLE FIVE.

SEC. 1. Members of the clergy being, by their
profession, dedicated to the service of the Creator and the care of souls,
ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions, therefore,
no minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination whatever shall be
eligible to any office of the Executive of the Republic, nor to a seat in the
General Assembly.

SEC. 2. Each member of the General Assembly shall,
before they proceed to business, take an oath or asseveration to support the
Constitution, as follows:

"I, A. B., do solemnly swear [declare, or affirm,
as the case may be] that, as a member of this General Assembly, I will support
the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, and that I will not propose or
assent to any bill, vote, or resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to
the People of Texas."

SEC. 3. Every Texian who shall be elected or appointed
to any office of trust or profit shall, before entering on the duties thereof,
declare that he or she is not a member of any secret society, nor a member of
the B.A.R., and that he or she holds no title of nobility, and shall take an
oath or asseveration to support the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, and
also an oath or asseveration of office.

ARTICLE SIX

SEC. 1. No
Texian shall be eligible to the office of President who shall not have attained
the age of thirty years, or who is not a citizen of the Republic as defined in
the General Provisions SEC. 4 of this document, or who has not inhabited this Republic at least ten years immediately
preceding his election. Upon resolution
of two thirds of the General Assembly, the preceding age requirement may be
waived.

SEC. 2. The President shall enter on the duties of his
office on the second Monday in December next succeeding his election, and shall
remain in office until his successor shall be duly qualified;

SEC. 3. The President shall, at stated times, receive
a compensation for his services, which shall not be increased or diminished
during his continuance in office; and before entering upon the duties of his
office, he shall take and subscribe the following oath, affirmation or asseveration: "I, A. B.,
President of the Republic of Texas, do solemnly and sincerely swear [declare,
or affirm, as the case may be] that I will faithfully execute the duties of my
office, and to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the Republic;

SEC.
4. He shall appoint a commander-in-chief for the defense of the Republic, and
the militia thereof, but he shall not make war without the authority of a
resolution of the General Assembly; The Executive including the President shall
have no power to declare a domestic insurrection nor to call out any militia or
national guard, peace officers or police, nor any armed civilian or military
forces whatsoever to suppress said insurrection, but shall defer the question
to the General Assembly. Nothing in this
provision shall be construed to prevent
the Executive or the President from carrying out their duties of executing the
common law, or to take command of the militia in time of declared war and repel
foreign invasion, but said acts and duties are permitted only by and with the
advice and consent of the General Assembly.

SEC. 5. He shall, with the advice and consent of
two-thirds of the General Assembly, make treaties; and with the consent of the
Assembly, appoint ministers and consuls, and all officers whose offices are
established by the Constitution, not herein otherwise provided for. He shall receive all foreign ministers,
either directly or through the appropriate office;

SEC. 6. The President shall have power to fill all
vacancies of appointed officers that may happen during the recess of the
General Assembly; but he shall report the same to the Assembly within ten days
after the next session shall convene; and should the Assembly reject the same,
the President shall not re-nominate the same individual to the same office;

SEC. 7. He shall from time to time give the General
Assembly information as to the state of the Republic, and recommend for their
consideration such measures as he may deem necessary. He may, upon
extraordinary occasions, such as a national emergency, convene the General
Assembly. During such extraordinary
occasions, in the event of a disagreement as to the time of adjournment, upon a
two-thirds vote, the Assembly may adjourn to such time as they may think
proper. The President shall see that all
of the resolutions and other acts of the General Assembly be faithfully
executed.

SEC. 8. There shall be a seal of the Republic, which
shall be kept by the President and used by him officially; it shall be called
the Great Seal of the Republic of Texas.

SEC. 9. All grants and commissions shall be in the
name and by the authority of the Republic of Texas, shall be sealed with the
great seal, and signed by the President.

SEC. 10. The President shall have power, by and with
the advice and consent of the Assembly, to appoint a Secretary of State and
such other heads of Executive departments as may be established by the General
Assembly, who shall remain in office during the term of service of the
President, unless sooner removed by the President, with the advice and consent of
the Assembly.

SEC. 11. Every Citizen/National of the Republic as
defined in the General Provisions SEC. 4 of this documentwho has
attained the age of twenty years, and shall have resided six months within the
county where the election is held, shall be entitled to vote for members of the
General Assembly.

SEC. 12. All general and
special elections of all elected government officials shall be by petition, in
accordance with the provisions at Schedule SECs. 5 and 7 of this Constitution,
and the General Assembly shall confirm the members of and otherwise coordinate
with the Election Committee as established therein.

SEC. 13. All elections and (or) appointments by vote of the General Assembly
shall be viva voce, shall be entered on the journals, and a majority of
all the votes shall be necessary to a choice.

SEC. 14. A Vice President shall be chosen at every
election for President, in the same manner, continue in office for the same
time, and shall possess the same qualifications of the President. In voting for
President and Vice President, the electors shall distinguish for whom they vote
as President, and for whom as Vice President.

SEC. 15. In cases of impeachment, removal from office,
death, resignation, or absence of the President from the Republic, the Vice
President shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the President
until a successor be duly qualified, or until the President, who may be absent
or impeached, shall return or be acquitted.

SEC.
16. In cases of impeachment, removal from office, death, resignation, or
unaccountable absence of both the President and the Vice President
simultaneously from the Republic, the
Speaker of the General Assembly and (or) other officials pre-designated
by the General Assembly in succession,
shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the President and Vice
President until the General Assembly can convene and shall appoint a duly
qualified successor President pro tempore and Vice President pro tempore;
thence until the Election Committee, after thirty days maximum, or upon due
notification and advisement of the lawful status by the General Assembly within
the thirty days of the aforesaid elected
offices, shall publicly announce the vacancies and begin the process of
coordinating a special emergency election by petition to fill the vacant
positions by duly qualified successors in accordance with the provisions at
Article 6 SEC. 12 and Schedule SEC. 7 of this Constitution, or until the
President and (or) Vice President, who both may be absent or impeached, shall
return or be acquitted, whichever occurs first.

SEC. 17. The President, Vice President, and all
officers of the Republic, shall be removable from office by impeachment for,
and on conviction of, treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.

BOUNDARIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

By the activation of this Constitution, as amended,
the previous acts of the Republic of Texas in the Commonwealth holding known as
the 1850 Compromise are hereby rescinded, due to default on agreement and fraud
ab initio. The boundaries of the Republic of Texas and
the civil and political jurisdiction therein of this Republic is hereby
declared and established to the following lines, to wit: the southern and
western boundaries beginning at the mouth in the middle of the Sabine River,
extending from a perpendicular line from land south into the Gulf of Mexico to
the point at twelve nautical miles from
land, and thence running south and west along the Gulf of Mexico twelve
nautical miles from land, thence along the perpendicular line at the point
twelve nautical miles from land extending west to land at the mouth of the
middle of the Rio Grande, thence following the middle of the principal stream
of said river north and west up to its source, thence due north to the forty
second degree of north latitude; and as may be further defined by the Republic
of Texas Boundary Act of December 19, 1836 and official maps and Archives of
the 1836 Republic of Texas Revolution; the
northern and eastern boundaries beginning at the point twelve nautical
miles from land in the Gulf of Mexico at the perpendicular line extending north
to the mouth of the middle of the Sabine River, thence continuing north
following the middle of the principal stream of said river up to the thirty
second degree of north latitude, thence due north to the Rio Roxo of
Natchitoches or the Red River, thence following the middle of the principal
stream of said river westward up to the North Fork of the Red River, and thence
following the middle of the principal stream of said river northand westward upstream to the one hundredth degree
meridian of west longitude from London to include the area known as Greer
County, Texas, thence due north at the one hundredth degree meridian to
the Arkansas River, and following the middle of the principal stream ofthat river upstream to its source, thence due north to
the forty second degree of north latitude, thence by that parallel of latitude
due west to the line extending due north from the source of the Rio Grande, and
as further defined in the Adams-de Onis Treaty of February 22, 1819.

Provisions for dealing with any questions of boundary
or acquisition of territory by the Republic of Texas shall be dealt with in
accordance with the section at General Provisions SEC. 9, as activated in this
amended Constitution.

SCHEDULE.

SEC. 1. That no inconvenience may arise from the
adoption of this Constitution, it is declared by this Convention that all laws
now in force in Texas, and not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall
remain in full force until declared void, repealed, altered, or expire by their
own limitations.

SEC. 2. All lawful fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
and escheats, which have heretofore accrued to the State of Texas, or THE STATE
OF TEXAS, shall accrue to this Republic.

SEC. 3. Every inhabitant who is by this Constitution a
Citizen/National as defined in the General Provisions SEC. 4 of this document,
and shall be otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to hold any office of place
of honor, trust, or profit, under the Republic, except as expressly stated in
this Constitution.

SEC. 4. The first President and Vice President that
shall be appointed after the adoption of this Constitution, shall be chosen by
this Convention, and shall immediately enter on the duties of their offices,
and shall hold said offices until their successors be elected and qualified, as
prescribed in this Constitution, and shall have the same qualifications, be
invested with the same powers, and perform the same duties which are required
and conferred on the Executive head of the Republic by this Constitution.

SEC. 5. The President shall issue writs of election
directed to the officers of the Election Committeeeauthorized
to hold elections of the several counties, requiring them to cause an election
to be held for President, Vice President, and Representatives, at the time and
mode prescribed by this Constitution, which election shall be conducted in the
manner that elections by petition will be henceforthconducted.
The President, Vice President, and members of the General Assembly, when duly
elected, shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices for
the time and manner prescribed by this Constitution, until their successors be
duly qualified.

SEC. 6. All justices, sheriffs, coroners, and other
civil officers shall remain in office, and in the discharge of the powers and
duties of their respective offices, until there shall be others appointed or
elected under this Constitution.

SEC
7. Election By Petition – An election committee, consisting of five members not
presently holding government office, nominated by the President and confirmed
by a two-thirds majority vote of the General Assembly, shall judge the
elections, qualifications, and returns of all elected government officials.

At
the beginning of each meeting of the General Assembly, the Election Committee
shall publicly announce any vacancies of any elected office and begin the process
of election by petition to fill the vacant position.

Election
by petition shall be conducted in the following four thirty (30)-day stages.

Stage
1: The Election Committee shall
publish in the National Paper of Record a “Notice of General Election by Petition”
or a“Notice of Special Election by Petition,” as the case may be.

“The
Notice of General Election by Petition” or “Notice of Special Election by
Petition” as the case may be shall, in a public notice form, be developed by
the Election Committee and finally approved by the General Assembly.

Stage
2: All candidates for the General
Assembly, and all other elected government officials as applicable, shall
publish their “Declaration of Candidacy” in the paper of record in their
respective county and shall file a copy of said declaration with the Election
Committee. All candidates for President and Vice President shall publish their
“Declaration of Candidacy” in the National Paper of Record and shall file a
copy of said declaration with the Election Committee.

A
“Declaration of Candidacy” shall, on a declaration form developed by the
Election Committee, and finally approved by the General Assembly, shall include
all of the qualifications and declarations found in this Constitution
pertaining to the election of officers in the Republic.

Stage 3:
Candidates shall gather qualified signatures on a petition form developedby the
Election Committee, and finally approved by the General Assembly. A qualified signatory shall have attained at
least the minimum age of twenty (20) years for any elected or appointed office
and shall be a TexianCitizen/National as defined in the General Provisions SEC. 4 of
this reactivated Constitution as amended, and shall be otherwise qualified and
shall be entitled to hold any office of place of honor, trust, or profit, under
the Republic, as expressly stated in this Constitution. The approved petition
form shall include the signatory’s declaration of citizenship, and declaration
of meeting all qualifications specified by this Constitution.

Stage
4: Candidates shall submit their
petitions to the Election Committee no later than three (3) days following the
close of the petitioning period.
Qualified signatories that choose to participate in the election process
and wish to declare their sovereignty, shall contribute at a specified time, to
the proper authority for verification, one (1), Republic of Texas Half Ounce of
pure silver, authorized and minted by the Republic of Texas National Treasury.

The
Election Committee shall count and review the signatures on every
petition. The Election Committee shall
conduct random verification of the qualified signatures. If a discrepancy is found then a full
verification of the petition shall be conducted. If verifiable fraud is
discovered during any verification process of qualified signatories, a penalty
is forfeiture of any dishonored Republic of Texas Silver Half Ounce to the
proper authority, but the party disqualified and (or) any other party(ies) found responsible for
any such verifiable fraud shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial,
judgment and punishment in accordance with Natural Law.After counting and review, the Election Committee
shall declare the results of the election and all candidates shall have seven
(7) days to contest the results of the election in which they are a
candidate. If, after seven (7) days the
results are uncontested, the Election Committee shall forward the uncontested
results to the General Assembly, the President, and the National Paper of
Record for publication. After any contested results are verified to be valid,
the Election Committee shall forward the verified results to the General
Assembly, the President, and the National Paper of Record for publication.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SEC. 1. Resolutions shall be adopted to exclude from
office, from the right of suffrage, and from serving on juries, those who shall
hereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, or certain other high crimes and
misdemeanors as provided therein by said resolutions, but there shall be no
blanket exclusion of all misdemeanors or felonies.

SEC. 2. Returns of all elections for officers who are
to be commissioned by the President, shall be made to the Secretary of State of
this Republic.

SEC. 3. The President and heads of Departments shall
keep their offices at the seat of Government, unless removed by permission of
the General Assembly, or unless, in cases of emergency in time of war, the
public interest may require their removal.

SEC.
4. All free people who shall lawfully apply to emigrate to this Republic and
who have continuously domiciled a minimum of six (6) months in the Republic of
Texas; and, all native born Texian people or others born or present in Texas at
the time of or subsequent to adoption of this Constitution who have lawfully
domiciled in the Republic of Texas; and who have attained to a minimum age of
twenty years; under due course of law provisions as enacted by this
Constitution and as established by the General Assembly in pursuance thereof,
and who shall, after a continual period of residence of six (6) months, make an
oath, affirmation or asseveration - solemn declaration before some competent
authority that they intend to remain permanently in the same, and shall swear,
affirm or make solemn declaration to support in substance yearly, to the
Republic of Texas, one (1), approved and authorized Republic of Texas Silver
Half Ounce, and that they will support this Constitution and bear true loyalty,
fidelity and faithfulness to the Republic of Texas, renouncing any and all
other allegiances and citizenship(s) to any foreign government or entity, shall
be entitled to TexianCitizenship and all the rights and privileges and duties
appertaining.

Qualified
signatories that choose to participate in the election process and wish to
declare their sovereignty, shall contribute at a specified time, to the proper
authority for verification, one (1), Republic of Texas Half Ounce of pure
silver, authorized and minted by the Republic of Texas.

Every Texian who shall be elected or appointed to any
office of trust or profit in this Republic shall declare that he or she is not
a member of any secret society, nor a member of the B.A.R., and that he or she
holds no title of nobility, and before entering on the duties thereof, shall
take an oath or asseveration to support the Constitution of the Republic of
Texas, and also an oath or asseveration of office.

The oath or asseveration to support the Constitution
of the Republic of Texas shall state: "I, A. B., do solemnly swear
[declare, or affirm, as the case may be] that, as an elected [or appointed]
official, I will support the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, and that I
will not propose or assent to any vote, decision or resolution which shall
appear to me injurious to the people."

The oath or asseveration of office shall state: “I, A.
B., [the official title], do solemnly and sincerely swear [declare, or affirm,
as the case may be] that I will faithfully execute the duties of my office, and
to the best of my abilities preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of
the Republic of Texas."

Any elected or appointed official of the Republic who
shall be found to have falsely sworn, affirmed or declared to any provision of
this or any other oath or asseveration of office, or who shall be found to be
in subsequent violation of any qualification, oath or declaration while holding
said office, shall be liable to impeachment and (or) removal from office, and
for punishment by due course of law.

SEC. 5. All inhabitants who shall leave the country
for the purpose of evading a participation in the present struggle, or shall
refuse to participate in it, or shall give aid or assistance to the present
enemy, shall forfeit all rights of citizenship and such lands as they may hold
in the Republic.

SEC. 6. All people who were slaves previous to their
emigration to Texas, shall be free upon arrival in the Republic. The General Assembly shall pass no laws
binding upon the sovereign People of Texas.
Any act of the General Assembly shall be binding only upon public
servants of the Republic or upon foreign persons (natural or fictitious) not
lawfully residing within our borders.

SEC. 7. All people, who were residing in Texas on the
day of our Demand for Cessation of Hostilities and Occupation, and who do not
claim foreign citizenship, shall be considered Citizens/Nationals of the
Republic, and entitled to all the rights of such, save those of land ownership
and suffrage, until such time as they shall formally declare their Texian
Nationality pursuant to General Provisions Section 4.

No alien shall hold land in Texas, except by temporary
non-allodial titles emanating directly from the Government of this Republic, as
determined and approved in a manner hereafter to be pointed out by resolution
by a two thirds majority vote of the General Assembly. But if any Citizen of this Republic should
die intestate or otherwise, his children or heirs shall inherit his estate, and
aliens shall have a reasonable time to take possession of and dispose of the
same, in a manner hereafter to be pointed out by resolution of the General
Assembly. Orphan children, whose parents
were entitled to land, and who now reside in the Republic, shall be entitled to
all the rights of which their parents were possessed at the time of their
death. The Citizens/Nationals of the Republic shall not be compelled to reside
on the land, but shall have their lines plainly marked.

All orders of survey legally obtained by any citizen
of the Republic, from any lawfully authorized commissioner, shall be valid. In
all cases the actual settler and occupant of the soil shall be entitled, in
locating his land, to include his improvement, in preference to all other
claims not acquired previous to his settlement, according to the natural law of
the land and this Constitution: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall
prejudice the rights of any citizen from whom an inhabitant may hold land by
rent or lease.

And whereas the present unsettled state of the country
and the general welfare of the People demand it, a general land office shall be
established, where all the land titles of the Republic shall be registered,
which shall enable the officers of the Government or any citizen to ascertain
with certainty the lands that are vacant, and those lands which may be covered
by valid titles.

SEC. 8. Any amendment or
amendments to this Constitution, may be proposed to the General Assembly, and
if the same shall be agreed to by three fourths of the members of the Assembly,
such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on the journals, with
the yeas and nays thereon, and referred to the Assembly then next to be chosen,
and shall be published for three months previous to the election; and if the
Assembly next chosen as aforesaid, shall pass said amendment or amendments by a
vote of three fourths of all the members elected to the General Assembly, then
it shall be the duty of said Assembly to submit such proposed amendment or
amendments to the People, in such manner and at such times as the Assembly
shall prescribe; and if the People shall approve and ratify such amendment or
amendments by a three fourths majority of all counties of the Sovereign People
of the elgible electors qualified to vote for members of the Assembly, voting
thereon by a two thirds majority in each said ratifying county of the Republic
of Texas, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this
Constitution: Provided, however, that no amendment or amendments be referred to
the People oftener than once in four years.

SEC.
9. Notwithstanding the boundary limits established herein by this constitution
or by any other provision of any past treaty negotiated between any other
parties or foreign nations or by any other act of aggression, conquest or
pretence whatever by such foreign nations or powers affecting the land or
territorial interests of Texas or the former Tejas province, the Republic
of Texas and its Sovereign people hereby explicitly reserve the common-law
right to reclaim said land or territorial interests, or tonegotiate
by treaty with any other nation for the return of any such other territory or
lands that may either properly belong to the Republic of Texas, or to
regain by the right of inheritance or succession from Spain, France or Mexico
any territory or lands of the former
province of Texas or Tejas properly belonging to the old Spanish or Mexican
dominions that may have been unlawfully coerced to be given away or taken by
any other foreign power under fraudulent conditions, intimidation or threats or
acts of war and armed force, regardless of whether by treaty or not;such as but
not limited to the disputed territory between the Arroyo Hondo, the Calcasieu
and the Sabine Rivers known as the "Neutral Ground",
or for any other sovereign Texas lands or territory that the government of the
corporate United States may have unlawfully given away to Mexico. Upon either the implementation
of the interim government, or, upon the institution of the constitutional
convention and implementation of the permanent government by the Sovereign
people in the Republic of Texas, any other adjacent County, State, Province or
parts thereof either part of or not part of the original boundaries or
territorial limits of Texas as defined in this constitution may also by free
election or other lawful process of its inhabitants petition to be joined
to the Republic of Texas, and upon approval by a two thirds majority vote
special election of all counties of the Sovereign people of the eligible electors
voting by simple majority in each county of the Republic of Texas, for which a special election shall be scheduled
at the time and mode prescribed by the Election Committee, and finally approved
by the General Assembly,said territory, county, state or province shall be admitted as a
part of the Republic of Texas.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

This Declaration of Rights is declared to be a part of
this Constitution, and shall never be violated on any pretence whatever. And in
order to guard against the transgression of the high powers which we have
delegated, we declare that every thing in this bill of rights contained, and
every other Creator-endowed right not hereby declared, is reserved to the
People, collectively and severally. We
further declare that government per se, has no rights other than what
is ordained and delegated in this Constitution by the People and has no power
thusly to grant or to take away any rights or privileges of the sovereign
People, collectively or severally.

First.
All men, when they form a social compact, have equal rights, and no man or set
of men are entitled to exclusive public privileges or emoluments from the
community.

Second.
All political power is inherent in the People, and all free governments are
founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit; and they have at
all times an inalienable right to alter their government in such manner as they
may think proper.

Third.
No preference shall be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of
worship over another, but every inhabitant shall be permitted to worship the
Creator according to the dictates of his own conscience.

Fourth.
Every Texian National shall be free to speak, write, or publish his opinions on
any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that privilege. No law shall
ever be passed to curtail the freedom of speech or of the press; and in all
prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence, and the jury shall
have the right and duty to determine the law and the facts, under natural
(common) law.

Fifth.
The Texian People shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
possessions, from all unreasonable searches or seizures, and no warrant shall
issue to search any place or seize any person or thing, without describing the
place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized, without probable
cause, supported by oath, affirmation or asseveration.

Sixth.
In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right of being heard,
by himself, or through counsel, or both; he shall have the right to demand the
nature and cause of the accusation, shall be confronted with the witnesses
against him, and have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.
And in all prosecutions by presentment or indictment, he shall have the right
to a prompt and public trial, by an impartial jury; he shall not be compelled
to give evidence against himself, or be deprived of life, freedom, or property,
but by due course of law. And no one shall be holden to answer for any criminal
charge, but on presentment of indictment by a grand jury, except in the land of
naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public
danger, or in cases of impeachment. And no one shall be held or confined at any
time without probable cause charges being brought within the timeframe
prescribed by due course of law.

Seventh.
No inhabitant living or unborn of Texas shall be deprived of rights, outlawed,
exiled, or in any manner disfranchised, except by due course of the natural law
of the land.

Eighth.
No title of nobility, hereditary privileges or honors, shall ever be granted or
conferred in this Republic. No Texian holding any office of profit or trust
shall receive from any foreign state any title of nobility, compensation,
office, or emolument, of any kind.

Ninth.
No inhabitant of Texas, for the same offence, shall be twice put in jeopardy of
life or limbs. And the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate.

Tenth.
All Texian Nationals shall be bailable by sufficient security except for
capital crimes, when the proof is evident or presumption strong; and the
privilege of the writ of "habeas corpus" shall not be suspended.

Eleventh.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, or cruel or
unusual punishments inflicted. All courts shall be open, there shall be no
“secret” or “martial law” courts or tribunals held anywhere in this Republic
including those of the Supreme Court for admiralty, maritime or any other type
of cases, and every man for any injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or
reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law.

Twelfth.
No Texian shall be imprisoned for debt in consequence of inability to pay.

Thirteenth.
No Texian’s particular services shall be demanded, nor property taken or
applied to public use, unless by the consent of himself or his representative,
without just compensation being made therefor according to natural law.

Fourteenth.
Every Texian National shall have the right to bear arms of whatever sort and
type in defense of himself, his freedom and property, and the Republic. No
misdemeanor or felony conviction shall permanently deprive any Texian
National of his right to bear arms upon due completion of any sentence nor for
any other type of involuntary commitment, arrest or confinement, upon
subsequent release as prescribed by due course of law.

Fifteenth.
The sure and certain defense of a free people is a well-regulated militia; and
it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact such provisions
consistent with the sovereign common-law rights of the Citizens’ various county
militias as may be necessary to the organizing of the national militia of the
Republic. The military shall at all
times and in all cases be subordinate to the civil power.

Sixteenth.
Treason against this Republic shall consist only in levying war against it, or
adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and support. No retrospective or ex
post facto law, or laws impairing the obligations of contracts shall be made.

Seventeenth.
Perpetuities or monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free government, and
shall not be allowed; nor shall the law of primogeniture or entailments ever be
in force in this Republic.

The foregoing Constitution was unanimously adopted by
the Delegates of Texas, in Convention assembled, at the town of Washington, on
the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,
and of the Independence of the Republic, the first year.

This same Constitution for the Republic of Texas was
activated by the Delegates in Convention, as amended herein, at the town
of ______________________ on the
____________ day of _______________ in the year 2003.